punishment
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"Given the nature of the terminal and uncurable medical condition of Mr. Mladic and his short-term life expectancy, continued detention serves no legitimate purpose, and approaches inhuman treatment and punishment," his team argued.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
"The punishment has to be real: seize their vehicles, recover the money they owe and make waste crime a losing business," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Both bills were sponsored by the Consumer Attorneys of California, a powerful trial lawyer trade group that says it wants to beef up punishment for misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Those five months were 50 years’ worth of fun,” Tahereh says of the period between crime and punishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
And there it was, pretty much the worst punishment his grandfather could have laid down.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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The punishments come after the NBA said its month-long investigation "found a pattern of misconduct and multiple significant rules violations by the Clippers organisation, a prior offender of the salary-cap circumvention rules".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Following the Banyuetan report, other state media rushed to denounce insider leaks and demand a crackdown—such as by strengthening censorship algorithms and issuing stern punishments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Blumenfield, who authored a motion to start the process, called the law, along with its punishments of a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, “uncommonly silly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The king of Ithaca’s pride in his ingenious trick is steadily sapped by a series of cosmic punishments.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
I’d heard about the kind of punishments that Jewish people were subjected to nowadays.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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